Claude Helffer

Claude Helffer (June 18, 1922 – October 27, 2004) was a French pianist noted particularly for his advocacy of 20th-century music.

Discography

• Barraqué: Piano sonata. Astrée (LP/CD)
• Bartók: Out of Doors, Piano sonata, Popular Romanian Dances, Suite op. 14, Improvisations op. 20. Harmonia Mundi (CD)
• Bartók: Mikrokosmos. Harmonia Mundi (LP/CD)
• Bartók: Piano sonata. Debussy: 3 Etudes. Evangelisti: Due Proiezioni sonore. Serocki: A piacere. RCA Red Seal (LP)
• Boulez: Piano sonata no. 2. Berg: Piano Sonata. Deutsche Grammophon (LP)
• Boulez: Piano sonatas nos. 1-3. Astrée (LP/CD)
• Debussy: Complete works for solo piano. Harmonia Mundi (LP/CD)
• Milhaud: Piano concertos nos. 1 & 4, Le Carnaval d?Aix, 5 Etudes, Ballade. Orchestre National cond. D. Robertson. Erato (CD)
• Ravel: Complete works for solo piano. Harmonia Mundi (LP/CD, 2 vols.)
• Schoenberg: Complete works for solo piano (recorded 1976). Harmonia Mundi (LP/CD)
• Schoenberg: Complete works for solo piano (recorded 2000). Pianovox (CD)
• Xenakis: Mists, Herma, A r., Akea, Dikhtas, Evryali, chamber works. Irvine Arditti (violin); Arditti Quartet. Astrée Auvidis (2 CDs)